Plumbing fixture



May'30, 1933- J. R. OBRIEN 1,911,235

PLUMBING FIXTURE Filed'Aug. 2Q, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 13 I film/7.0237175 ATTORNEY May 30, 1933. J OBRIEN 1,911,285

' PLUMBING FIXTURE Filed Aug. 20, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheei. 2

-2 I 7101 H OER EN Z6 My ATTOR NEY INVENTOR Patented May 30, 1933 i UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE JOHN B. oramu, or new You, N. Y.

PLUMBING FIXTURE Application filed August 20, 1830. Serial No. 476,678.

show embodiment of the invention as at present preferred.

' In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is afront elevation of my fixture, showing the arrangement of valve handles and the bath-tub spout.

Fig. 2 is a top view thereof, partially in cross-section.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my device partiall in cross-section, taken on the line 33 of ig. 1. 7

Fig. 4 is a horizontal cross-sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a pers ective view of a preferred form of a flange pipe fitting.

F1 6 illustrates a side elevation of a modified erm of my device.

Referring to the drawings numeral 10 denotes the bodyof the valve housing which is preferably arranged in a substantial square shaped design, which is hollow and from which depends an extension 11, provided with a threaded opening 12 adapted to receive a bath-tub spout j13.

At each corner of the housing there is provided a valve seat clearly seen in crosssection at Fig. 4 and denoted by numerals 14 and 15. In each valve seat there is secured a valve member 16 from which extends valve stem 17 At the outer end of valve stem 17, there is attached ahandl e 18.

Over each valve seat is secured a bushing 19 provided with a threaded extension 20, adapted to be engaged by a bushing nut 21. This nut not only serves for guiding the valve stem but also provides attaching means for a cover or closure 22 adapted to completely enclose valve housing 10 with the exception of the valve stems and spout 13'protruding therethrough.

At the rear of the valve housing there are provided flanges 23, (see Fig 3) against which rest broad washers 24 which are held in place by flanged pipe fittings similar to that shown clearly in Fig. 5 and denoted by numeral '25. There are all together three flanged fittings emplofied in my device, two of which having attac ed means disposed in This invention relates to improvements in plumbing fixtures and particularly to bathtub and shower fittings.

The prime object of this invention is to '5 provide a plumbing fixture which may be readily accessible from without the usually employed tiled wall of a bath room, the entire valve lying on the surface of the finished tile, while the hot and cold water supply 10 pipes, and the shower connections project through the wall and are attached at the rear face of the valve; and wherein the valve controlling the hot water supply to the tub, the valve controlling the cold water supply 15 to the tub, the valve controlling the supply of hot water to the shower and the valve controlling the supply of cold water to the shower are all independently, individually controllable at the surface of the tiled wall.

Another object of my invention is to provide a bath room fixture consisting of a multiple valve housing securable to the glazed surface of a tiled wall and from which extend valve control means and a bath-tub spout, 25 while the entire casing is otherwise enclosed in a removable cover.

A still further object of my invention is to provide within a bathroom fixture flanged attaching means for the respective pipe connections projecting through the bath room wall and attached to the rear face thereof.

Another object of my invention is to provide in connection with my plumbing fixture a template for securing the pipe connections in proper relation to my fixture and for anchoring the latter to the rear face of the wall.

Another object of my invention is to provide in my plumbing fixture pipe elbows equipped with means for preventing their turning once attached to the template.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter specifically pointed-out, or will become apparent, as the specification proceeds.

\Vith the above indicated objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel constructions and combinations and arrangement of parts, clearly described in the following specification and fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which latter horizontal plane, seen in Figs. 1' and 2 and one having attaching means 1n a vertical plane and located between the upper valve pair and designed for connectmg thereto the shower outlet. The horizontally attached flanged fittings are adapted to connect with the form of the lead-in for hot and cold water 1 s. Y p rom Fig. 1 it will be evident that the valves are arranged in pairs and that the upper pair controls the hot and cold water supply to the shower connection while the lower pair controls the hot and cold water supply to spout 13. 7 From flange connectlons 25 lead mpples 26 to elbows, one of which denoted at 27 connects with a shower lead 28, while elbow 28 receives the cold water supply pipe and elbow 29 receives the hot water supply pipe, as may be clearly perceived from Fi 2.

All nipples 26 are lodged in a template 30 whereby all pipe connections are retained in proper relat1on to the valve housing. Each nipple is equipped with a locknut 31 adapted to bear against the template and retain it 1n position and against the elbows ment1oned above.

Elbows 28 and 29 are preferably provided with-lugs 32 in which is lodged a brace 1n the form of rod 33 which is associated with the elbows when the latter are in their final positions.

The flange attachment between valve housing and the pipe connections permits the attachment or removal of the valve housing without necessitating the tearing up of the bath room wall, in the event the valve housing or any other part of the water connections develop leaksor otherwise require repairs.

The removable construction of the valve housing cover 22 adds to the decided advantage of my device over existing bath room fixtures, in that the ap earance of my fixture is greatly enhanced t ereby, as it may be constructed of material capable of receiving various color schemes in conjunction with artistically shaping it to conform with a general arrangement of a bath room.

The attachment of the cover is accomplished by slippingit over the valve stems and valve housings for which suitable apertures are providediin the. cover. Thereafter bushing nuts 21 are associated with the threaded bushing extensions 20 and tightened down against the cover. An appropriate opening isprov'ided in the cover for spout 13 which is preferably secured to the housing after the cover is attached.

Referring toFig. 6, there will be seen a modified arrangement of the pipe connections provided in the valve housing 10'. In this construction the housing is provided with' through-holes 32' ada ted to receive hollow pipe fittings equi ped at. their outer ends with heads 33. xtending from the nuts through housing 10', the hollow pipe fitoutlet disposed between said pairs of valves, inlet I between the housing and the fittings. Also this arrangement is accessible so as to enable changes of the housing, replacement of the valve seats and repairs of other nature to be made without the necessity of breaking up or otherwise damaging the bath room wall.

One of the outstanding advantages of my device resides in the fact that the shell covers the four valves and the spout in contradistinction to three valves heretofore employed. A further feature resides in the fact that in the event a leak should developin the valve housing the water will run directly into the bath-tub without doing any damage to the wall or without penetrating through the wall to a lower story. Another important feature is that my present device eliminates all the unions heretofore commonly employed with shower fittings, thus resulting in marked economy in the number of parts as well'as' in the labor required for installation and preventing the possibility of damage due to leakage connnonly caused by the expansion and contracting of the hot water unions.

pass into the housing and there- I almost anywhere without preparation of the surface to which it is to be attached.

The hereinbefore described construction admits of considerable modification without departing from the invention; therefore, I do not wish to be limited to the (precise arrangements shown and describe which are as aforesaid, by way of illustration merely. In other words, the scope of protection contemplated is to be taken solely from the appended. claims, interpreted as broadly as is consistent with the prior art.

What is claimed is:

1. A plumbing fixture for hot and cold water control, comprising in combination a hollow valve housing provided with upper and lower outlet ports, valves having valve stems arranged in pairs neareach of said ports, inlet ports for hot and cold water connections extending from said inlet ports ofthe housing, an outlet connection secured to said upper port, a template for said inlet and outlet connections, a cover adapted to enclose the housing except the stems of said nausea valves, and a spout associated with the outlet port of said housing and projecting through said cover. 7 V I 2. A plumbin fixture for hot and cold water control 0 bath-tub and slower discharge means, comprising in combination, a hollow valve housm provided with four valve seats arrang in upper and lower airs, hot and cold water inlet ports arranged m tweenthe airs of valve seats, an upper outlet port, esigned for shower connection, arranged between the u a lower outlet port desi spout connection disp between and below t e lower valve seat air, inlet connections associated with said inlet ports, and outlet connection associated with said upper outlet port, and a spout connected with said lower outlet port, valve bushings engaging the valve seat portions of the housing and adapted to ide the stems of the valves, a cover enclosmg the entire housing and provided with apertures for accommodating said valve bushings and said spout, and bushing nuts engaging said valve bushings and the valve stems and adapted to hold the cover in place. 3. A plumbin fixture for hot and cold water control 0 shower and bath-tub discharge means, comprising a substantially square-shaped tubular housing having a depending extension, a valve seat rovided at each corner of the housing, co d and hot water inlet ports arranged in about the horizontal center plane of t e housing, outlet rt arranged between the upper valve seats ereof, a bath-tub outlet rovided in the depending extensiono the ousing, each of the inlet ports and the shower outlet ports having flanged connections, said bathtub outlet port being threaded for receiving a spout, flanged fittings secured to said flanged connections, nilpples engaging with one of their ends sai flanged fittings, elbows secured to the other ends of said nipples, a template for said nipples, lock nuts to e latter and adapted to lock the template against said elbows, the elbows engagin the ed for a bath-tub inlet port nipples being provided with ugs,

a brace bar secured in said lugs adapted to prevent the elbowsfrom turmng, 'a valve per valve seat pair, a

a shower I cessible from without a bath room wall, comrising a multiple valve housing,- a removale cover therefor adapted tobear against the I exposed face of the wall, a plurality of valves projecting with their stems through said 0 cover, a tub spout connected with said housing and also projecting. throughsaid cover, flan d pipe fittings secured at the rear of the ousing, pipe' connections associated with said fittings and adapted to pass through a wall, a template holdin said. ipe connections, two of the latter Eaving race means for preventing their dislocation or movement. g

5. In a bath room fixture adapted to be accessible from without a bath room wall, the combination of a valve housin to be arranged at the tiled face of a wal a template to be arranged at the rear of the wall, flanged pipe fittings and pi e connections to pass, through the wall an connected to the housing and said template, a removable cover secured'over the housing to bear against the wall and means associated with and forming part of the valves of the housing for holding the cover in place.

6. A bath room fixture as defined in claim 5, in which two of said pipe connections consist of pipe elbows provided with extending lugs adapted to receive a connecting member, and a connecting rod secured to said lugs and adapted to prevent said elbows from turning. j I w 7. A bath room fixture as specified in claim 5 including a bath-tub spout and a shower connection, valves in said housing controllin hot and cold water supply to said spout an hot and cold water supply to said shower connection, each of said 0t and cold water su ply valves being independentl controlla le at the surface of the tiled wa l.

In testimony whereof I hereby aflix' my Y s' ature. i Jonunosmnu.

stem provided for each valve seat, a valve bushing engaging each valve stem and amociated with said valve seats, a bushing 'nut secured to each of said bushings, a cover prospout opening, said bushing nuts adapted to bear against said housing and lock it in posi-. tion, a spout secured sionand projecting through its opening in the cover, the upper valve seats and valve stems controlling the u perv showeroutlet Y and the lower va ves controlling the ower tub :lpout outlet port. 4. A ba room fixture a vided over and adapted toenc osesaid housing, said coverhavmg valve apertures and a in the housing exten-- dapted to butno a 

